🌅 'This framing is a crucial starting point for a new, more evidence-informed conversation about supporting teachers’ growth' @evidencebased.education's Professors Coe and Kime

Why do we need a Y8 reading test? There could be a few things the DfE is trying to achieve, argues Jessie Ricketts, but what the DfE is proposing is unlikely to achieve any of them. Superb, balanced piece from Jessie as always. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

How do you support managed autonomy? We spoke to Benjamin Sharratt, vice principal at GEMS Wellington International School in how they are creating a culture of managed autonomy around evidence-based professional development. Read more here: buff.ly/ikI5Xpt

Not surprised by the research discussed here by @carlhendrick.substack.com. I find meaningful speech incredibly distracting that I don’t find with other noise. (Living in countries where I often don’t understand conversations has made me much more aware of this). substack.com/@carlhendric...

New on 100% Assessment Substack: Target Grades - Useful or Unhelpful? 100assessment.substack.com/p/target-gra... @head-teach.bsky.social

There is lots of important points in this from @didau.bsky.social One of the areas that I believe is given too little thought when discussing the value of partnership between mainstream and special schools is assessment, particularly of foundational concepts. Understanding not just the what, 1/2

Learning intentions, objectives, or outcomes? "Whether the term used is learning intentions, lesson outcomes, or objectives, their idea is to communicate to students what they are (or will be) learning about... So does it matter which terminology is used?" ✍️ Blog by Kate Jones

Assessment isn’t a post-mortem. It’s the lifeblood of teaching. Specify what counts, teach it, check it, fix it. Stop sorting, start teaching. Make 100% possible for everyone. New piece on five principles of assessment that actually improves teaching 👇 open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

New Blog Expanding last weeks ideas of Hidden Worlds. The greatest sin is certainty adam-robbins.com/2025/09/21/t...

This is a really useful blog from Oracy Cambridge and researchers from the University of Surrey on assessing oral language. This is a real practice gap. 'Speak Up, Measure Up: Building Better Tools for Evaluating Classroom Conversation' oracycambridge.org/speak-up-mea...

The reason why assessment matters is that it forces you to think about what the curriculum really means. As Dylan Wiliam says, assessment operationalises curriculum. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/lessons-fr...

Here’s a visual summary of the Solving the SEND crisis report published today. committees.parliament.uk/publications...

Teaching and learning: Principles or policies? "Should school leaders consider implementing such policies? Or might they be better served by broader teaching and learning principles?" Blog by Kate Jones Read it here 👇 buff.ly/Rt659bA #EduBlogShare #EduSky #UKEd

Most of the adaptive learning research over the last five years has been concentrated in maths, especially primary/early secondary, and focused on adjusting task difficulty based on performance data (right/wrong answers, speed, scores). www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The idea that reading comprehension is a set of generic “find the main idea” skills has been so damaging. Excellent stuff from @suchmo83.bsky.social

That was a bit fuzzy. Here's a better version.

#EduSky #UKEd An oldie from 7 yrs ago; a #rED event somewhere in Europe from the astoundingly wise & productive @P_A_Kirschner. Quite appropriate timing given the recent launch of Instructional Illusions.

We launched our UK Survey report from the #esrc Sustainable School Leadership research project today. Big important findings on leaders' work (& workloads), well-being, career journeys & plans, professional learning, views on school contexts/ cultures & more! www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...

SUMMARY • Student behaviour for success is vital for learning, safety and equity. • However, it’s not a naturally occurring phenomenon—behaviour for success in school must be taught, not just told. • This entails explanation, modelling, practice, and maintenance. 👊

New today! open.substack.com/pub/matthewe...

We don’t just remember what we saw; we remember what caused what. Coherent sequences build memory. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

If you are looking to challenge your most able Physics students, these old AEA Advanced Extension Award Papers might be useful #PhysicsEd #iTeachPhysics #Science 🧪 drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Make a band singular Mega City One or maybe Jesus and Mary Link

Flashcards eBook ✍️ Learn how to use flashcards to boost long-term learning. This practical guide explores why, when, and how to use flashcards to support retrieval practice Download here: buff.ly/lTVMvBe

We've just released a big update to our Comparative Judgement assessments. You can now use our AI features for ANY assessment you want. So if you want to get AI to help you judge history, geography, science - you can! More here. help.nomoremarking.com/en/article/a...

Do read and share! Free and worth debating the individual- social and reflective ways forward rb.gy/4ih4ez @profsarahmcg.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openuni-rfp.bsky.social @debbiethomas.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social as well as the evidence on the associated benefits of reading!

Because people were asking me about this, a repost: Special and/or Inclusive Education: The Real Debate Isn’t Where, but How (a new paper on the topic) theeconomyofmeaning.com/2025/02/14/s...

Slides from my sessions at researchED open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Here's my handout from my ResearchEd talk yesterday about the origin of the computational model of knowledge (and how this view contrasts with the normative view of the Sumerians-Aristotle-Wittgenstein) I tried to show different strands of thought: technologial, psychological, neuroscientific etc.

This post is about how I plan lessons from scratch, what we get right and wrong about lesson planning, and the great paradox of lesson planning: In a perfect world, it wouldn’t even exist! educationrickshaw.com/2025/09/06/t...

New post: Science students don't get experiment variables? Try causal diagrams instead. Link ↴ cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol... #SciTeachUK #iTeachBio

Despite best intentions and significant investment, England’s SEND system is failing too many students and their families. To fix it, we need to understand why. Mega-thread summary of my presentation at #FestivalOfEducation today: ↓

I’ve created snappy checklists for the following- ✅ Behaviour for Learning ✅ Inclusive Teaching ✅ Accessible Content ✅ CPD Engagement ✅ Literacy Boost ✅ Teacher Wellbeing ✅ Equity in the Classroom ✅ TA Empowerment ✅ Leadership for Learning ✅ Professional Conversations And more…!

Timeline cleanse

**NEW BLOG POST** Bit of a longer one! Subject Knowledge, Pedagogy and Curriculum saysmiss.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/s...

Why Are So Few Kids Reading for Pleasure? Doomscrolling. Poor literacy instruction. Overscheduling. These are some of the reasons cited for a generational decline in students reading for fun. Fantastic feature by @gtoppo.bsky.social, glad to contribute to it. the74million.org/article/why-...

Promote reflection and discussions about teaching practice with your colleagues with video examples in the Great Teaching Toolkit of: ✔️Modelling and demonstrating new skills ✔️Creating a climate of high expectations ✔️Using questions to elicit student thinking Book your demo here buff.ly/O4void9

When you click through you'll notice the big change this year will be a choice of slides. Following feedback that the text-heavy slides are hard for students to read we'll produce a text-light version with the text found in the Presenter Notes for the teacher to use. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Thanks @carlhendrick.substack.com for shining a light on something that has bothered me about the 'mastery' model assessment. It has to factor in forgetting... link.springer.com/article/10.1... #iteachphysics #cogscisci

This really is an amazing resource👏

open.substack.com/pub/daisychr... Great blog from @daisychristo.bsky.social

This year, I'm going to reinstate Maths Video of the Week, which I send out on Teams to our A Level Maths students (I've let it lapse in recent years) The descriptions and links to the videos are all ready to copy and paste each week - feel free to use! wykecollege-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/person...

See my latest blog on the transient Information Effect - better explained with Predictive Processing / Active Inference Theory.

🧵Read more here ➡️ carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-parado...

NEW REPORT: how does where you live and your background affect how you do at school? - Inequalities have widened around the country and between groups of children since the pandemic - Progress depends on sharing what works to support disadvantaged pupils & cutting high absence 🧵👇

6/ So equity in teaching and learning isn’t saviourism. It’s clarity plus dignity: secure the core through explicit support, then deliberately open space for pupils’ own voice and authorship to flourish.

Accolades for Claudine (Beanie). She managed to limit my incessant ramblings (once I start talking about teaching and learning, I usually can't stop) to under 40 minutes, so don't miss this podcast on How Learning Happens. Great picture :-) #EduSky open.spotify.com/episode/6pez...

Why grade boundaries can be misleading helenmyers.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-... Hope this helps to avoid wasting time comparing raw marks / percentages with other subjects/years/papers and drawing misleading conclusions. #MFLBlueSky

Results day secial. Your students worked harder. Your teaching improved. But the grades didn’t move — because they can’t. Welcome to the world of comparable outcomes, where progress is real but results are rationed open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

I know I say this every year, but with results day on the horizon, please remember that for some kids grade 1-3 is a huge achievement. It represents years of hard work and determination. It’s not a fail. It is a GCSE qualification that they can and should be celebrated for.